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Table 3 Factors associated with Pentavalent 3 and Measles 1 vaccination dropouts

From: Determinants of pentavalent and measles vaccination dropouts among children aged 12–23 months in The Gambia

Vaccine

Pentavalent dropout

Measles dropout

OR 95% (CI)

P-value

aOR 95% (CI)

P-value

OR 95% (CI)

P-value

aOR 95% (CI)

P-value

Sex of the child

        
 

Male

1.84 (0.97–3.51)

0.0618

1.97 (0.99–3.91)

0.0544

1.05 (0.66–1.66)

0.8387

1.08 (0.68–1.72)

0.7389

 

Female

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Birth order

        
 

1

1.31 (0.49–3.50)

0.5841

1.11 (0.23–5.40)

0.8995

1.62 (0.80–3.29)

0.1777

1.20 (0.42–3.43)

0.7386

 

2–3

1.26 (0.53–3.01)

0.6034

1.02 (0.29–3.54)

0.9763

0.98 (0.51–1.91)

0.9588

0.74 (0.31–1.75)

0.4864

 

4–5

1.23 (0.49–3.11)

0.6571

1.37 (0.44–4.30)

0.5896

1.28 (0.65–2.53)

0.4785

1.16 (0.54–2.52)

0.7068

 

6+

1.00

 

1.00

   

1.00

 

Mother’s age (years)

        
 

15–24

0.93 (0.38–2.31)

0.8763

0.87 (0.21–3.64)

0.8520

1.25 (0.64–2.43)

0.5176

1.21 (0.46–3.22)

0.6989

 

25–34

0.96 (0.45–2.07)

0.9232

0.98 (0.35–2.75)

0.9643

0.98 (0.55–1.76)

0.9498

1.01 (0.50–2.07)

0.9717

 

35–49

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Mother’s education

        
 

No formal education

0.79 (0.39–1.60)

0.5107

0.54 (0.22–1.31)

0.1726

0.99 (0.57–1.72)

0.9602

1.00 (0.53–1.90)

0.9903

 

Primary education

0.77 (0.32–1.89)

0.5727

0.62 (0.22–1.77)

0.3710

1.19 (0.62–2.29)

0.6028

1.27 (0.62–2.57)

0.5134

 

Secondary and higher

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Husband’s education

        
 

No formal education

1.66 (0.78–3.55)

0.1878

2.70 (0.98–7.44)

0.0545

1.32 (0.76–2.27)

0.3242

1.79 (0.94–3.41)

0.0746

 

Primary education

2.22 (0.68–7.28)

0.1869

3.02 (0.75–12.1)

0.1201

1.93 (0.78–4.79)

0.1576

2.32 (0.90–6.02)

0.0825

 

Secondary and higher

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Place of delivery

        
 

Home or other

1.07 (0.49–2.32)

0.8708

1.46 (0.62–3.43)

0.3823

1.36 (0.77–2.41)

0.2894

1.86 (1.02–3.40)

0.0429

 

Health facility

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Number of antenatal visits

        
 

<4

2.77 (1.40–5.45)

0.0034

2.44 (1.16–5.12)

0.0184

1.54 (0.89–2.70)

0.1240

1.46 (0.83–2.58)

0.1944

 

4+

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Immunization card

        
 

No longer have a card

12.7 (3.95–40.0)

<0.0001

12.4 (4.09–37.8)

<0.0001

4.97 (1.79–12.7)

0.0020

3.99 (1.42–11.2)

0.0086

 

Its whereabouts unknown

44.6 (12.1–163.9)

<0.0001

32.7 (10.7–100.0)

<0.0001

2.01 (0.52–7.72)

0.3111

1.79 (0.46–7.04)

0.4037

 

Its whereabouts known

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

TTI during pregnancy

        
 

Not received

0.87 (0.32–2.34)

0.7764

0.68 (0.22–2.09)

0.5016

0.73 (0.33–1.58)

0.4123

0.55 (0.24–1.27)

0.1625

 

Received

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

No of under-5 children

        
 

0–1

3.48 (1.63–7.43)

0.0013

1.72 (0.70–4.22)

0.2368

2.23 (1.25–3.96)

0.0064

1.64 (0.86–3.12)

0.1349

 

2

1.29 (0.60–2.78)

0.5162

1.04 (0.50–2.41)

0.9267

0.91 (0.50–1.64)

0.7399

0.80 (0.43–1.48)

0.4726

 

3+

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Household wealth

        
 

Poorest

1.74 (0.41–7.23)

0.4573

4.10 (0.65–26.0)

0.1341

0.41 (0.18–0.94)

0.0352

1.01 (0.31–3.36)

0.9852

 

Poorer

1.79 (0.41–7.82)

0.4364

2.24 (0.45–11.2)

0.3251

0.61 (0.26–1.42)

0.2524

0.79 (0.29–2.14)

0.6426

 

Middle

1.78 (0.42–7.50)

0.4348

0.97 (0.21–4.47)

0.9735

0.61 (0.26–1.41)

0.2477

0.45 (0.18–1.14)

0.0912

 

Richer

2.21 (0.50–9.82)

0.2978

1.08 (0.23–5.07)

0.9235

0.80 (0.33–1.92)

0.6137

0.63 (0.25–1.57)

0.3209

 

Richest

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Amount of media exposure

       
 

0

0.89 (0.14–5.66)

0.9029

0.88 (0.10–7.51)

0.9072

0.74 (0.17–3.33)

0.6970

0.85 (0.17–4.14)

0.8353

 

1

1.41 (0.29–6.91)

0.6696

1.56 (0.24–10.4)

0.6433

1.54 (0.42–5.56)

0.5129

1.68 (0.43–6.52)

0.4527

 

2

1.00 (0.21–4.78)

0.9989

0.86 (0.14–5.51)

0.8766

1.33 (0.38–4.72)

0.6556

1.36 (0.37–5.06)

0.6461

 

3

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Distance to the health facility

       
 

Big problem

1.64 (0.77–3.50)

0.2038

1.33 (0.58–3.04)

0.4988

1.54 (0.87–2.74)

0.1367

1.22 (0.67–2.22)

0.5134

 

Not a big problem

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Place of residence

        
 

Urban

3.15 (1.54–6.47)

0.0018

9.30 (2.80–30.9)

0.0003

3.62 (2.15–6.09)

<0.0001

6.24 (2.69–14.5)

<0.0001

 

Rural

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Local government area

        
 

Banjul

2.68 (0.63–11.3)

0.1799

1.27 (0.29–5.62)

0.7474

2.33 (0.79–6.80)

0.1241

1.02 (0.35–2.94)

0.9721

 

Kanifing

2.67 (0.75–9.38)

0.1289

1.49 (0.39–5.63)

0.5601

1.12 (0.39–3.20)

0.8361

0.52 (0.18–1.48)

0.2200

 

Brikama

1.56 (0.47–5.12)

0.4668

0.64 (0.19–2.16)

0.4730

1.56 (0.66–3.68)

0.3106

0.85 (0.37–1.94)

0.6941

 

Mansakonko

0.58 (0.10–3.31)

0.5362

0.53 (0.09–3.17)

0.4881

0.41 (0.11–1.50)

0.1760

0.56 (0.16–1.97)

0.3638

 

Kerewan

0.20 (0.02–1.78)

0.1473

0.19 (0.02–1.80)

0.1466

0.75 (0.27–2.06)

0.5764

1.09 (0.44–2.73)

0.8509

 

Kuntaur

1.09 (0.29–4.06)

0.8938

1.04 (0.28–3.90)

0.9586

0.85 (0.32–2.26)

0.7421

1.34 (0.54–3.37)

0.5286

 

Janjanbureh

3.31 (1.02–10.8)

0.0472

3.17 (0.97–10.3)

0.0559

0.70 (0.24–2.01

0.5014

0.86 (0.32–2.30)

0.7554

 

Basse

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00